Bible Cross References
drew water
1 Samuel 1:15
"No, I'm not drunk, sir," she answered. "I haven't been drinking! I am desperate, and I have been praying, pouring out my troubles to the LORD.
2 Samuel 14:14
We will all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which can't be gathered again. Even God does not bring the dead back to life, but the king can at least find a way to bring a man back from exile.
Job 16:20
My friends scorn me; my eyes pour out tears to God.
Psalm 6:6
I am worn out with grief; every night my bed is damp from my weeping; my pillow is soaked with tears.
Psalm 42:3
Day and night I cry, and tears are my only food; all the time my enemies ask me, "Where is your God?"
Psalm 119:136
My tears pour down like a river, because people do not obey your law.
Jeremiah 9:1
I wish my head were a well of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I could cry day and night for my people who have been killed.
Lamentations 2:11
My eyes are worn out with weeping; my soul is in anguish. I am exhausted with grief at the destruction of my people. Children and babies are fainting in the streets of the city.
Lamentations 2:18
O Jerusalem, let your very walls cry out to the Lord! Let your tears flow like rivers night and day; Wear yourself out with weeping and grief !
Lamentations 3:49
"My tears will pour out in a ceaseless stream
fasted
2 Chronicles 20:3
Jehoshaphat was frightened and prayed to the LORD for guidance. Then he gave orders for a fast to be observed throughout the country.
Ezra 8:21-23
21
There by the Ahava Canal I gave orders for us all to fast and humble ourselves before our God and to ask him to lead us on our journey and protect us and our children and all our possessions.
22
I would have been ashamed to ask the emperor for a troop of cavalry to guard us from any enemies during our journey, because I had told him that our God blesses everyone who trusts him, but that he is displeased with and punishes anyone who turns away from him.
23
So we fasted and prayed for God to protect us, and he answered our prayers.
Nehemiah 9:1-3
1
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month the people of Israel gathered to fast in order to show sorrow for their sins. They had already separated themselves from all foreigners. They wore sackcloth and put dust on their heads as signs of grief. Then they stood and began to confess the sins that they and their ancestors had committed.
2
(SEE 9:1)
3
For about three hours the Law of the LORD their God was read to them, and for the next three hours they confessed their sins and worshiped the LORD their God.
Daniel 9:3-5
3
And I prayed earnestly to the Lord God, pleading with him, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and sitting in ashes.
4
I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed the sins of my people. I said, "Lord God, you are great, and we honor you. You are faithful to your covenant and show constant love to those who love you and do what you command.
5
"We have sinned, we have been evil, we have done wrong. We have rejected what you commanded us to do and have turned away from what you showed us was right.
Joel 2:12
"But even now," says the LORD, "repent sincerely and return to me with fasting and weeping and mourning.
Jonah 3:1-10
1
Once again the LORD spoke to Jonah.
2
He said, "Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to the people the message I have given you."
3
So Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to walk through it.
4
Jonah started through the city, and after walking a whole day, he proclaimed, "In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed!"
5
The people of Nineveh believed God's message. So they decided that everyone should fast, and all the people, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth to show that they had repented.
6
When the king of Nineveh heard about it, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat down in ashes.
7
He sent out a proclamation to the people of Nineveh: "This is an order from the king and his officials: No one is to eat anything; all persons, cattle, and sheep are forbidden to eat or drink.
8
All persons and animals must wear sackcloth. Everyone must pray earnestly to God and must give up their wicked behavior and their evil actions.
9
Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die!"
10
God saw what they did; he saw that they had given up their wicked behavior. So he changed his mind and did not punish them as he had said he would.
We have sinned
Leviticus 26:40
"But your descendants will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors, who resisted me and rebelled against me,
Judges 10:10
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD and said, "We have sinned against you, for we left you, our God, and worshiped the Baals."
1 Kings 8:47
listen to your people's prayers. If there in that land they repent and pray to you, confessing how sinful and wicked they have been, hear their prayers, O LORD.
Ezra 9:5-10
5
When the time came for the evening sacrifice, I got up from where I had been grieving, and still wearing my torn clothes, I knelt in prayer and stretched out my hands to the LORD my God.
6
I said, "O God, I am too ashamed to raise my head in your presence. Our sins pile up higher than our heads; they reach as high as the heavens.
7
From the days of our ancestors until now, we, your people, have sinned greatly. Because of our sins we, our kings, and our priests have fallen into the hands of foreign kings, and we have been slaughtered, robbed, and carried away as prisoners. We have been totally disgraced, as we still are today.
8
Now for a short time, O LORD our God, you have been gracious to us and have let some of us escape from slavery and live in safety in this holy place. You have let us escape from slavery and have given us new life.
9
We were slaves, but you did not leave us in slavery. You made the emperors of Persia favor us and permit us to go on living and to rebuild your Temple, which was in ruins, and to find safety here in Judah and Jerusalem.
10
"But now, O God, what can we say after all that has happened? We have again disobeyed the commands
Job 33:27
Each one will say in public, "I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me.
Job 40:4
(SEE 40:3)
Job 42:6
So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes.
Psalm 38:3-8
3
Because of your anger, I am in great pain; my whole body is diseased because of my sins.
4
I am drowning in the flood of my sins; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5
Because I have been foolish, my sores stink and rot.
6
I am bent over, I am crushed; I mourn all day long.
7
I am burning with fever and I am near death.
8
I am worn out and utterly crushed; my heart is troubled, and I groan with pain.
Psalm 106:6
We have sinned as our ancestors did; we have been wicked and evil.
Jeremiah 3:13
Only admit that you are guilty and that you have rebelled against the LORD, your God. Confess that under every green tree you have given your love to foreign gods and that you have not obeyed my commands. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Jeremiah 3:14
"Unfaithful people, come back; you belong to me. I will take one of you from each town and two from each clan, and I will bring you back to Mount Zion.
Jeremiah 31:19
We turned away from you, but soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us, we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.'
Luke 15:18
I will get up and go to my father and say, "Father, I have sinned against God and against you.
judged
Judges 3:10
The spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel's leader. Othniel went to war, and the LORD gave him the victory over the king of Mesopotamia.
Nehemiah 9:27
so you let their enemies conquer and rule them. In their trouble they called to you for help, and you answered them from heaven. In your great mercy you sent them leaders who rescued them from their foes.
Ezekiel 20:4
"Are you ready to pass sentence on them, mortal man? Then do so. Remind them of the disgusting things their ancestors did.